Wire-cutter.



S. WYTRWAL.

WIRE CUTTER.

APPUCATEON FILED OCT. 22.1918. v v 1,299,279, Patented Apr. 1,1919.

FIG. 1. FIG 2. FIG. 4

% -T PATENT OFFICE.

STANLEY WYTRWAL, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO DMYTZR-E. ILCZUK, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

WIRE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

Application filed October 22, 1918. Serial No. 259,203!

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State (if-Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire(lutters, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a Wire cutter for rifles formed with the bayonet adapted for detachably mounting upon the barrel of a rifle and whereby wires may be readily severed by means of the invention although the usual use of the gun and bayonet are not impaired.

A further object of the invention is the. provision of a wire cutter compactly formed inconnection with a knife, a portion of the cutter serving as a reinforcement for the handle of the knife when the cutter is not in use, the cutter being readily opened for immediate use whenever desired.

With these general objects in view, the invention consists of the combination and arrangement of parts herein described as well as fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention operatively mounted upon a rifle barrel.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the invention detached.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof looking toward the butt end of the knife handle.

Fig. 4, is a transverse sectional view taken upon line lV-IV of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the transverse guard employed.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the cooperative cutters with its operating handle, and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a portion of the knife and its shank extending therefrom.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, I provide a knife 10 which is serviceable as a bayonet, and having an integral shank 11 terminating in a block 12 serving as a butt for the handle of the knife which is formed by securing opposite side pieces 13 overlying the said shank and block.

A guard 14 formed of sheet metal bent upon itself is secured transversely of the shank or tang 11 atthe base of the blade 10 by means of suitable rivets 15, the adjacent portions of the side plates 13 overlying the opposite sides of the guard 14.

The guard 14 is bent into the form of a collar 16 at one end thereof adapted for fitting over the muzzle end 17 of a rifle barrel 18 while a lug 19 upon the barrel is slidably received within a correspondingly shaped recess 20 in one side of the block 12 of the knife handle. A suitable latch 21 is carried by the block 12 for engaging the lug 19 and releasable by means'of' a pin 22 projecting from the side of said handle. In this manner, the knife is readily mounted upon the barrel 18 when desired and also removed therefrom when the occasion requires.

A circular head 23 is provided upon the opposite end of the guard 14 from the collar 16 having a peripheralnotch 24 with a sharpened cutting edge 25. A companion cutter 26 in the form of a circular disk with a notch 27 having a cutting edge 28 is pivoted upon the member 23 by means of a ring 29 in such a manner that a wire may be positioned within the notches 24 and 27 when the cutter is open for severing by the edges 25 and 28 upon forcibly turning the disk 26.

A suitable handle 30 is carried by the disk 26 extending at one side of the handle of the knife 10 whil a latch 31 pivoted to the block 12 is adapted to overlie an end extension 32 of the handle 30 for maintaining the wire cutters closed. A leaf spring 33 is secured within a recess 34 of the knife handle for bearing upon the inner face of the cutter handle 30 and whereby the cutter handle is projected outwardly and the notches 24 and 27 opened upon releasing the latch 31. When the handle 30 is positioned adjacent the handle of the knife, the latter is reinforced thereby and when the cutters are open, a wire placed within the notches 24 and 27 is readily severed upon forcing the handle 30 toward the handle of the knife 10.

The cutting disk 26 lies partially between the two parallel portions of the guard 14 while a curved cut-away portion 35 is provided in the shank 11 for permitting the disk 26 to freely turn by means of its handle 30. A wire cutter of great strength is provided which is readily operated whether the blade 10 is employed as a bayonet upon l a rifle barrel such as 18 or whether the knifeis detached from the barrel for employment as a separateweapon. o What I claim as new is V 1. A device of the class described comprising a blade member having a handle,

a guard. of sheet metal surrounding the blade member and secured thereto, a circular head upon one'end' of the guard having a side notch provided with a cutting edge, the blade member having a curved cut-away portion within the said guard, a cutting disk centrally pivoted to the head positioned-within the cut-away portion of the blade member and havinga notch pro- Vided with a cutting" edge adapted for cooperating wi-th the edge of the notch of said head and an operating handle for said disk.

2. A device of the class described con prising a blade member having a handle, a guard of sheet metal surrounding the blade member and secured thereto, a circular head upon one end of the guard having aside notclrprovided with a cutting edge, the blade member having a curved cut-away portion within the said guard, a cutting disk centrally pivoted to the head positioned within the cut-away portion of the blade member and having a notch provided with a cutting edge adapted for cooperating with the edge of the notch of said head, all operating handle'for said disk, the handle of the blade member having a recess, a spring within said recess engaging the handle of the disk adapted for opening the cutter notches and a retaining latch care cqpics'ot t s p tent m e c t n for upon said shank portion and block overlying the opposite sides of said guard, a c cular hea 31 F theendfloi .qnews de f 'the guard laterally projecting "froin the shank portion and'having a side notch provided with a cutting edge, a circular disk centrally pivoted to said head adapted for turning within the cut-away portion of the shank member between the sides of the guard and having-a side notch with a cutting edge adapted for cooperating with a notch "and cutting edge of said head and an operating'handle for said disk relatively shiftable with respect to the shank portion of the blade.

4. A device of the class described comprising a blade, a shank portion projecting therefrom having a curved cut-away por-' tion at one side, a block at the butt end of the shank portion, a guard formed of sheet metal surrounding the shank portion at the cut-away lpOItlOll thereof and secured to said shank portion, side handle plates mounted upon said shank portionand block overlying the opposite sides. of said guard, a circular'head upon the end of one side of the guard laterally projectingfrom the shank portion and'having aside notch provided, with arcutting "edge, a circular disk centrally pivoted tot said head adapted for turningwithin the cut-away portion of the shank member between the sides of the guard and having a side notch with a cutting edge adapted for cooperating with anotch and cutting edge of said head, an

I operating handle for said disk relatively shiftable with respect to the shank portion oft-he blade, an opening spring for said disk carried" by said shank portion normally in contact with the adjacent side of said handle, a swinging latch upon said block adapted for engaging said disk ha-11- dle when in its closed position and means carried by said guard and'block adapted for detachably connecting the device to a. gun barrel."

In testimony whereof I afli-x my signature.

" STANLEY WYTRWAL.

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